Event #9 win - AX

[STLMARSHALL]

My win on Sunday finally put me into the points lead after I missed 5 events early in the season due to the engine swap. I just need to win 2 of the 3 remaining to wrap up the 2012 championship.

It is taking me some time to get used to the amount of power and torque form the LS engine. I tend to point and shoot which is not the fastest way around the course. I am probably 10 -15 mph faster on longer straights than I was before so the braking points are much different. So far the car has won every event it has been entered in, unfortunately my co-driver beat me a couple of events ago when I coned away some good times.

Here is the only good run I recorded before the battery died:
2012 event 9 run 1 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrNdVjRAa3w&list=UUd16s9zwPBUCB8EpK7OAzJA&index=1&feature=plcp)

[jkrueger]

That looked fast!

[STLMARSHALL]

That looked fast!

Thanks! I was 2 seconds faster than that run by the end of the day.

[MPTech]

Very cool run Mike, that looked like a fast course. (made for your new beast!)

[STLMARSHALL]

Also here is a video of my co-driver's launch. Notice he hits the rev limiter before the 1st cone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjxmvUZpH90

[vnmsss]

Awesome driving Mike! The LS motors are truly sweet, and I can only imagine how much fun (and a challenge) it must be to keep all that torque stuck on the ground and heading in the right direction....I'll be cheering you on from out here in the West!! Here's to you!

Karen